2015

Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD), Mysuru, is organizing “International Conference on Global Economic Growth and Sustainability” on November 20 & 21, 2015 at its campus. The Global Economic Conference will be witnessing participation from researchers, academicians, and corporate executives presenting research papers and case studies on varied themes on Economic Growth and Sustainability from India and abroad.

Dr. Stephen ARO-GORDON, Professor & Head, Financial Mathematics, Baze University, Nigeria will inaugurate the two days conference. Mr. Francis Kurian, Asst. Vice President, Navia Markets Ltd (Trade Plus), Chennai will also grace the occasion and delivering invited talk.

Mr. Shekar Viswanathan, Vice Chairman & Whole-time Director, Toyota Kirloskar Motor Ltd will deliver a special address on November 21, 2015 at 11:00 AM. Dr. B. S. Suran, Managing Director of NABARD Financial Services Ltd, Dr. M. Indira, Professor of Economics at University of Mysore, Dr. Md. Shah Alam Professor, Rajshashi University from Bangladesh, Dr. K.S. Madhava Rao, Professor of Statistics, Botswana University, Botswana are the prominent invited speakers of the conference. 

Mr. Ajay Nanavati, Former Managing Director of 3M India & President of Grey Gurus Management Advisors LLP will be the Chief Guest for the valedictory session which will be held at 4:00 PM on November 21. Interested persons may contact Dr. B. Venkatraja, Conference Chairperson at 9480342652.

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Rajagiri Centre for Business Studies, Kakkanad, Kochi had organised ‘Inflore 2015’, a National Level Management fest on 15 & 16 October 2015.A team of 16 students from 1st year, SDMIMD, participated in 5 events, namely Best Manager, Best Management Team, Marketing, Finance and HR. 

 

Mr. Ankit Sanghani, Mr. Narendran, Ms. Thamburu N Sanan and Mr. Vijesh M V, have won the first prize in the finance game "Rabban". The event comprised of 6 rounds, which was a deluge of financial problems based on a variety of financial aspects that would be best described as the 'Technical's' of Finance.

 

Ms. Hannah Priyadarshini B, Mr. Krishna Arun, Ms. Shushma Chengappa have won the second prize in the HR game "Afonso". The event comprised of various HR activities such as recruitment ad, exit interview and case study.

As a part of the exchange arrangement that SDMIMD has with the University of Shanghai, 17 students from SHU MBA, headed by their Deputy Chief Program Officer Ms. Jieting Xing were at SDM IMD Mysuru for a week. In accordance with the rationale of the Study Tour, the aim of which is to foster an understanding of academics supported with industry visits, the team from Shanghai University underwent special sessions by the SDMIMD faculty and also visited seval industrial units in and around Mysore. TVS Motors, Infosys and Skanray Technologies Pvt Ltd., were some of the companies that were visited.  In these companies, the students were able to get an idea of best practices and could compare these with the corresponding management styles in China.

Special classes were held on topics such as Quality, Business Communications, Indian IT industry, Business Negotiations, Human Resources Management, Financial indicators of Indian Stock Markets & Indices and Dimensions of Leadership.

The visit culminated with the Shanghai team interacting with the local press to give a broad overview of their perspective regarding India, its industry people and specifically about SDMI MD Mysuru.